Zcode Mobile vs Zode for ZCode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zcode Mobile
Access and manage your ZCode development workspace remotely from your iPhone. Connect via local network using QR codes, IP addresses, or hostnames. Enjoy a streamlined interface optimized for mobile viewing.
- Remote workspace access
- QR code connection
- IP address connection
- Automatic service discovery
- Connection memory
- Optimized mobile interface
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Zcode Mobile is an independent third-party mobile client for the ZCode desktop workspace. Connect over your local network and keep viewing and working in your development workspace from your iPhone. Key features: • Scan the mobile-connection QR code shown by ZCode on your computer • Import a connection code directly from your photo library • Enter your computer's private IPv4 address, .local hostname, or IPv6 address by hand • Automatically discover compatible services on your local network • Remember your last connection and verify it automatically on the next launch • Enter the main workspace only after it has been confirmed reachable • Refresh, rescan, or disconnect with one tap • Once connected, hide web-page toolbars and other elements that aren't needed on mobile wherever possible, leaving more screen space for your workspace How the app stays free: Zcode Mobile is free. After 3 cumulative foreground minutes in an online workspace, a dismissible full-screen native advertising page opens over the current workspace, without changing conversations or navigating away. The web page stays mounted; close the ad to continue with unsent input retained. The keyboard is dismissed while the ad is visible. At most one attempt is made in any continuous 48 hours, including after restarting. This placement renders Google Native Advanced assets with ad attribution, AdChoices, and a separate close control; it does not call an interstitial popup. At the first eligible page, choose consented non-personalized ads or decline extra data and try eligible limited ads. Later pages use the saved mode automatically, with no View ad or Play button. Limited ads still use IP/technical data and may use fraud-only storage; Google UMP requirements apply and fill is not guaranteed. Google personalization and publisher first-party ID remain disabled, and iOS tracking is not required. Close immediately or fully disable automatic ads in settings. Image/video assets depend on the network, video starts muted, and no reward is offered. Declining, failure, or no fill never restricts the workspace. On-device diagnostic counters do not record chats, URLs, or device identifiers and are not uploaded to a developer server. The native interface supports English and Simplified Chinese. Automatic mode uses Chinese for the mainland China App Store storefront and English elsewhere, falling back to device region if no storefront is available. Use "Language / 语言" on the connection screen to choose either language manually. Workspace content and its own interface come from the connected desktop service and are not automatically translated. Zcode Mobile requires the mobile remote-control feature of the ZCode desktop app. It is an independently developed third-party client and is not an official ZCode product.
Zode for ZCode
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Zode is the phone companion for ZCode, the AI coding app. Start a task in ZCode on your Mac, then keep an eye on it from the couch, the kitchen, or the train. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See what needs you. Sessions waiting for your answer sit at the top. Running ones come next. Finished ones are grouped by day. • Read the work like a document. Text, code and tables look clean, and tool steps fold into one quiet line. • Reply, stop, or start. Answer a question, stop a task that went the wrong way, or start a new one in the folder you choose. • Catch up after a bad connection. Zode shows what you missed. • Light and dark look that follow your phone. HOW IT CONNECTS Zode is a companion, so ZCode keeps running on your Mac. A small free relay on the same Mac passes messages between your phone and ZCode: Phone -> Zode relay on your Mac -> ZCode Install the relay with one command, then pair once by scanning a QR code. At home Zode uses your Wi-Fi. Away from home, use a private network such as Tailscale. BEFORE YOU START You need ZCode on a Mac and the free, open-source Zode relay: https://github.com/zrll2/zode NO MAC NEARBY? Tap "Try the demo" on the first screen to explore everything with sample data. No account or network needed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your messages go between your phone and your Mac only. We have no servers. Zode is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Z.AI or Anthropic. ZCode and Claude Code are trademarks of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Zode for ZCode at none against Zcode Mobile's shown. Zcode Mobile's advantage is chart position (#118 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Zcode Mobile | Zode for ZCode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Best chart rank | #118 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 越 王 | GOOLOO PTE LTD |
In-app purchases
Zcode Mobile
No in-app purchases
Zode for ZCode
No in-app purchases








